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Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application led August 2, 1917. Serial N o. 184,050.

' 1o all 'whom z5 may concern.'

Be it known that I,"NILLIAM G. STEEN, a citizen of the United Sta-tes of America, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to toys, more particularly sand toys, and has for its object to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a toy of such class withmeans to constitute immature loading, elevating, conveying and dumping mechanisms for automatically loading and elevating sand at one point or station andthen conveying it to and dumping it at another point or station providing thereby an instructive and amusing toy for children. y

Further objects of the invention are to provide a toy for the purpose set. forth which is comparatively simple, inV its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, efficient in its use, readily assembled and disassembled, automatic in its operation, and comparatively inexpensive.

l/Vith they foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists ot the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more speciiically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood, that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of thev claims hereunto appended.

ln the drawings wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view. on line I-I Fig. l.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the loading station, parts broken away for the sake of clearance.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the dumping station.

Fig. l is a sectional plan on line IV--IV Fig. l,

Fig. ti is an enlarged sectional elevation of the combined loading and dumping mech-l anism showing the association therewith of the hopper and dumping conveyer during Y loading of the latter.

Fig. 6 is a sectional detail of a part of the combined loading and elevating mechanism. i Fig. 7 is a like view of anotherV part of thev nism.

The-toy comprises a loading station vincombined elevating and lowering mechacluding -a .normally closed hopper, a comand a dumping station connected with the loading station by the track.

The loading station represents a grain elevator l, provided with windows in its frontq rear and inner side walls. The outer side walls are cut away to provide avertically disposed elongated opening 2, so that access can be had to the interior of the loading station. The inner side wall is cut away to provide a vertically disposed elongated opening 3, to permit of the shifting movement of a conveyer track and the traveling of a conveyer on said track into and out of the loading station. The conveyer and its track will be presently referred to.V

rlhe reference character 4: denotes a tray arranged below the loading station, as well as being spaced therefrom.k Uprights 5 are provided for supporting'the loading stad tion and which have their lower ends secured within the tray or trough l.

Arranged within the loading station 1, at one side of its upper portion, is a loading hopper 6, which receives a supply of sand fed through the top of the loadingstationl. The hopper 6 extendsl from the inner side wall of the loading station to a point removed from the outer wall. The inner side of the bottom of the hopper 6 is provided with a chute 7 which terminates at one end in a discharge spout. 8, normally closed by a cut ofl 9, carried by a pivoted yoke 10, attached to the sides of the chute 7. A trip arm 11, is connected to onek 0f the arms of the yoke 10, and which is adapted to be engaged and actuated by avvertically movable element, to bepresently described, for the purpose of shifting the cut-olf 9 clear of the spout 8 to allow discharge from the hop per 6.

Connected to the bottom of and' extending downwardly at an inclination with respect to the chute 7 is a conducting chute 12, which projects beyond, as well as being spaced from the spout 8, so as not to interfere with the movement of the eut-off 9, when the latter is shifted to open the spout 8, or wheny rPhe combined elevating and lwering mechanism which associates with the hopper 6 and conducting chute 12 consists of three upright rods 15, 16, and 17, arranged in parallelism and with the rod nearer to the rod 16 than the position of the rod 16 with respect to the rod 17. VEhe upper ends of the rods 15, 16, 17, are connected together by a cross-head 18, provided at its bottom with a fiange 19 having openings 20, 21. The cross-head 18 is secured to the upper portion of the hopper 6 and has fixed thereto a bracket 22, which in connection with the cross-head 18 supports the shafts of a pair of pulleys 24. Traveling over the pulleys 24 and through the openings 20, 21 is an elevating and lowering cable 25.

Each of the rods 16, 17, is provided with a pair of guides 26, for the lateral extensions 27 of a vertically movable element 28, which is in the form of a dumping bucket and has connected to its top a bail 29, having an eye 30, to which one end of the cable is connected. A

The trip arm 11 is arranged in the path of the bail 29 whereby when the element 28 is elevated, thebail 29 will engage the trip arni 11 and shift the yoke 10, outwardly, under such conditions carrying the cut-off 9 therewith to open the spout 8, so that the contents of the spout will be discharged into the conducting chutes 13 and 14. The chute 13 conducts the material into the element 28 and the chute 14 into the dumping conveyer, to bepresently referred to.

Secured to a pair of the uprights 5, is a cross-brace 31, having inwardly extending supports 32, for the lower ends of the rods 15, 16, .17. -The cross-brace 31 is positioned in the path of a strip arm 33, attached to a yoke 34, which carries a cut-olf 35, for closing a spout 36, depending from the conical bottom 37 of the element 28. The yoke 34 is pivotally connected to a pair of ears 38, which depend from the bottom 37. By the foregoing arrangement of parts it is obvious that when the element 28 moves downwardly, due to the weight of the sand supplied thereto froin the hopper 6, the trip arm 33 will be actuated and the material carried by the element 28, will be discharged into the tray 4, from which itis removed manually and supplied to the hopper 6.

Arranged between the rods 15, 16, is a vertically movabletrack shifting slide 39, having lateral guide-arms 40, which straddie the rods 15, 16. The slide 39, near its upper end is provided with an opening 41, for a purpose to be presently referred to,

and said slide 39 at its top has an eye 42,

to which is secured the other end of the cable 25.

The shiftable conveyor track, which is preferably formed of two sections, for convenience in packing, is indicated by the ref erence character 43,7and at each end is provided with an angle-shaped top arm 44 which are oppositely disposed with respect to each other. One end of the track 43 is provided with a depending hook 45, and its other end is provided with a depending hook 45. The hook 45, straddles the bottom wall of the opening 41, in the slide 39, whereby the track will be connected to said slide. The functionof the hook 45 will be presently referred to.

The dumping conveyer is in the form of a bucket 47, having a discharge spout 48 normally closed by a cut-off 49, carried by a yoke 50. The arms of the yoke 50 are pivotally connected to brackets 51, secured to the sides of the bucket 47. Depending from the cut-off 49, as well as bein@ secured to an extension 52, of the yoke 50, is a curved trip arm 53, which when actuated will nieve the cut-off 49, clear of the spout 48, so that the contents of the bucket 47 can be discharged.

The bucket 47 is provided at its top with a pair of bails 54 which are connected to the sides of a trolley 55, the latter being mounted upon the track 43.

The dumping station, which is indicated at 56, is formed from a structure consisting of sides, front and rear walls, a top, and a base, the base in the form of a hopper 57, having a discharge spout 58 normally closed by a. cut-oif 59, carried by a yoke 60, which is pivotally connected with the spout 58. A handle bar G1 is attached to one of the .arms of theyoke 60, for the purpose of shifting the latter to swing the cut-off 59, clear of the spout 58, so that the contents of the hopper` 57 will be discharged.

t of the conveyer 47 will be rlhe dumping station 56 has the front and rear walls provided with windows. The station 56 has its inner side wall cut away as at 62, to permit of one end of the entrance ofthe track 43 to allow for the shifting of the track and further for the ingress and egress of the conveyer. The outer side wall of the station 56, has an opening 63, to provide clearance for that end of the track 43 which is extended through the station 56. Supportedvr within the station 56, in proximity to the opening 63, is a -pivoted yoke 64 having its base engaged by the hook 45 whereby one end of the track is loosely supported within the dumping station.

Supported within-the dumping station 56,

between the front and rear walls thereof, is

a trip-bar A65, arranged in the path of the ,i trip arm 53, whereby when the conveyer 47 enters the loading station the arm 53 engaging with the bar 65, will` be shifted; under such conditions the cut-off `59, will be moved clear of the spout 58 and the contents discharged into the hopper 57.

The dumping station 56 is supported upon four uprights 66, connected together by cross-braces 67, which are positioned in f proximity to the spout 58.

Removably supported upon the braces 67 is an inclined chute 68 for conducting the material discharged fromthe loading station 56, into a tray 69, or into any other suitable receptacle.

lt will be assumed that the parts are as illustrated in Fig. 5, which shows the conveyer receiving sand from the hopper 6 and the element 28 receiving sand from the hopper 6. The supply of sand from the hopper 6, into the element 28 is greater than the amount supplied to the vconveyer 47. As soon as the weight of the sand in the element 28,overcomes the weight of the lowered end of the track 43 `and conveyer 47, the element 28 moves downwardly whereby the lowered end of the shaft 43 is elevated, due tothe upward movement of the slide 39, and when the said end of the track 43 'f is elevated the conveyer 47 is carried therewith. rlhe lowering movement of the eleinentQS will cause the track 43 to extend at an inclination with respect to the loading and dumping stations, that is to say, the track will extend downwardly at an inclination from the loading station towardfthe dumping station. When the track 43 is iii such position, the conveyer with its load will traveldown the track by gravity and toward the dumping station. As it enters the dumping station `the trip-arm 53 will be actuated and the load kdischarged Vfrom the conveyer into the hopper 57. The slide 39, owing to its weight and also owing to the weight of the elevated end of the track 43, will then move downwardly inclining in the opposite direction the track 43, whei'eby the latter will extend downwardly at an inclination from the dumping station to the loading station andy under such conditions the conveyer will then travel by gravity back to the loading station. As the slide 39 moves downwardly the element 28 will move upwardly until it engages the trip arm 11. At this point the conveyer will be in a position to receive a load. lVhen the arm 11 is actuated tlie cut-olf 9 will be shifted to open the spout 8, and the sand from the hopper 6 will be discharged into the conveyer and into the element 27.

That I claim is:

1. A sand toy comprising a loading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in alp ternate directions on said tracks with respect to the loading station and to the dumping station, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanismv arranged within the loading station andconnected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly. i

2. A sand toy comprising a loading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in alternate. directions on -said tracks with respect'to the loading station and to the dumping station, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged within the loading station and connected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, said mechanism including a vertically movable element shifted clownwardly by a supply of sand thereto during loading of the conveyer to elevate said end and shifted upwardly by said end to initial position when the contents of said elements have been discharged.

v 3. A sand toy comprising a loading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together, and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes,'agravitvy movable dumping conveyer traveling in alternatedirections on said tracks with respect to the loading station and to the dumping station, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged within the loading station and connected with one end of saidV track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, said mechanism including a vertically movable element shifted downwardly by a supply of sand thereto during loading of the conveyer to elevate said end and shifted upwardly by said end to initial position when the contents of said elements have been discharged, and means for dumping said elements to permit of the latterl to be elevated by'said end.

4t. A sand toy comprising a loading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together, and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in alternate directions on said tracks with respect to the loading station and to the dumping station, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged within the loading station and connected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, and means within' the dumping station for dumping said conveyer.

5. A Sand toy comprising a loading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a 'gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in alternate directions on said tracks with respect to thc loading station and to the dumping station, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged within the loading station and connected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, and means within the dumping station for dumping said conveyer, and means connected with the dumping` station for directing the material dumped from the conveyer therefrom.

6. A sand toy comprising a loadingstation, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together and shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumpinoi conveyer traveling in alternate direction on said tracks with respect to the loading station and to the dumping stat-ion, and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged Within the loading station and connected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, said mechanism including a vertically movable element shifted downwardly by a supply of sand thereto during loading of the conveyer to elevate said end and Shifted upwardly by said end to initial position when the contents of said elements have been discharged, and means within the dumping station for dumping said conveyer.

7 A sand toy comprisingaloading station, a dumping station, a track connecting said stations together and shiftable alternatively in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in alternate directions on said tracks with respecty to the loading station and to the dumping` station,

and a vertically movable combined conveyer elevating and loading mechanism arranged within. the loading station and connected with one end of said track to elevate said end as the mechanism moves downwardly, said mechanism including a vertically movable element shifted downwardly by a supply of sand thereto during loading of the conveyer to elevate said end and shifted upwardly by said end to initial position when the contents of said elements have been discharged and means within the dumping station for dumping said conveyer, and means connected with the dumping station for directing the material discharged from the conveyer therefrom.

8. A sand toy comprising a track shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in opposite directions on said track and a combined loading and elevating mechanism for said conveyer, said mechanism connected to one end of said track and elevating the latter, and the conveyer when said mechanism is lowered, said endof said track lowered by the weight thereof when the conveyer is at the other end thereby elevating` said mechanism.

9. A sand toy comprising a track shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling in opposite directions on said track and a combined loading and elevating mechanism for said conveyer, said mechanism connected to one end of said track and elevating the latter, and the conveyer when said mechanism is lowered, said end of said track lowered by the weight thereof when the conveyer is at the other end thereby elevating said mechanism, and means for dumping the conveyer.

10. A sand toy comprising a hopper, chute connected therewith for directing discharge therefrom in two directions, means for normally closing said hopper, a track shiftable Valternately in opposite inclined planes, a

gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling upon said track and receiving its load from said hopper when said means is actuated, a vertically movable element connected with one end of said track, said element when at the limit of its upward movement actuating said means to open said hopper to receive material therefrom causing thereby the lowering thereof, the closing of the hopper and the elevating of said end of said track whereby the conveyer will travel upon the track by gravity.

11. A sand toy comprising a hopper, chute connected therewith for directing discharge therefrom in two directions, means for normally closing said hopper, a track shiftable alternately in opposite inclined planes, a gravity movable dumping conveyer traveling upon said track and receiving its load track whereby the oonveyer will travel upon 10 from said hopper When said means is actuthe track by gravity and means for dumping ated, a vertically movable element connected said element. with one end of-said track, said element In testimony vwhereof I aiiX my signature 5 when at the limit of its upward movement in the presence of two Witnesses.

actuating said means to open said hopper W'ILLIAM G. STEEN. to receive material therefrom causing there- Witnesses: y f by the lowering thereof, the closing of the MAX H. SRoLovrrz,

hopper and the elevating of said end of said LUELLA H. SIMON.

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